Chair
Sajai Singh
Technology Law Committee
The Technology Committee of the International Bar Association brings together lawyers practising aspects of the law particularly relevant to modern technologies.
About the Committee
The Technology Law Committee of the International Bar Association brings together lawyers practising aspects of the law particularly relevant to modern technologies. They have in common that they deal with developing bodies of law coming to grips with the new questions posed by new technologies. The mandate of the Technology Law Committee is broad and includes virtually any kind of technology.
At present, we have eight subcommittees with the following areas of focus:
- The Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Subcommittee provides guidance on new technologies and their potential implications
- The focus of the Outsourcing and Shared Services Subcommittee is on outsourcing service and supply agreements in all their aspects
- The Internet Business Subcommittee focuses broadly on e-commerce and other internet issues
- The User Generated Content Subcommittee focuses on the user generated content issues that are challenging the internet and entertainment industries
- The Cybersecurity and Surveillance Subcommittee focuses on technologies that may threaten the privacy and security of individuals, ranging from satellite surveillance to smart cards
- The Data Protection Governance and Privacy Subcommittee focuses on issues relating to processing and protecting corporate information
- The focus of the Disputes and Rights Subcommittee is in procedures relating to disputes involving intellectual property rights, information technology and communications whether by litigation, arbitration or other means of dispute resolution
- The focus of the Life Sciences Subcommittee is in life sciences and medical technologies
Forthcoming conferences and webinars View all conferences and webinars
5th Mergers and Acquisitions in the Technology Sector Conference
17 Mar - 18 Mar 2022
Barcelona, Spain
8th Annual World Life Sciences Conference
02 Jun - 03 Jun 2022
Paris, France
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
30 Oct - 04 Nov 2022
Miami Beach, USA
IBA Annual Conference 2023
29 Oct - 03 Nov 2023
Paris, France
Publications
Co-chairs note - Technology Law Committee
A message from the Co-Chair of the Technology Committee from the June 2021 e-Bulletin
Released on Jun 09, 2021
Indian data laws that made the headlines
This article discusses the technology and data related developments which made headlines recently and have the potential of changing the way companies do business in India.
Released on Jun 09, 2021
The perspective of the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court on the right to be forgotten
Everyone has something in their life that they would like to simply erase from their memories. However, it is undeniable that while living in the information era and with today’s technology this may be difficult, as everything is recorded and registered and information spreads almost instantaneously around the world. The Brazilian Federal Supreme Court recently positioned itself with regards to the right to be forgotten.
Released on Jun 09, 2021
Open banking and emerging opportunities for fintechs in Nigeria
Open banking is an emerging financial services model that focuses on the portability and open availability of customer data held by financial institutions. With the growth of financial technology (‘fintech’) companies, open banking may lead to a situation where a customer banking with multiple institutions can manage their accounts from a centralised location without having to check out from one system to another.
Released on Jun 09, 2021
Subcommittees and other groups
The Technology Law Committee also coordinates the activities of the following subcommittees/working groups.
- Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Subcommittee
- Cybersecurity and Surveillance Subcommittee
- Data Protection Governance and Privacy Subcommittee
- Disputes and Rights Subcommittee
- Internet Business Subcommittee
- Outsourcing and Shared Services Subcommittee
- Presidential Task Force on Cybersecurity
- Technology Law Committee Advisory Board
- User Generated Content Subcommittee